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Zoom Public Lecture Webinar | The Uplift Project: Leveraging Carbon-Neutrality to Improve the Human Condition

Sana Sadiq — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 16:13:12 -0400

ABSTRACT:

Carbon-neutrality is a means, not an end. Global energy systems are currently one of the greatest drivers of human inequality, insecurity, and injustice. Fixing that requires redesigning the human relationship to energy systems. The transition to carbon-neutrality offers a unique opportunity in human history to implement that redesign on…

Worldwide Climate Justice Teach-in

Sana Sadiq — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 16:10:05 -0400

The Worldwide Teach-in on Climate Justice aims to recruit 1,000 schools and universities around the globe to engage 500,000 students in learning about climate change and climate justice. The Teach-in is led by the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy and supported by several student partners and the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change…

Visionary Workshop: CCS Planning for Southwestern Ontario for 2030

Sana Sadiq — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:16:05 -0400

Helping Ontario’s Heavy Industry Transport and Store CO2 by 2030

Canada has committed to a massive GHG emissions reduction by 2030 (i.e., CO2 emissions abatement). Ontario heavy industry (steel, cement, chemicals, oil refining, automotive…) will be transitioning to low-CO2 technology over the next 20-30 years, but to meet emissions goals identified…

Co-operative and Experiential Education (CEE) Employer Impact Award 2020

Sana Sadiq — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:14:03 -0400

WISE is the recipient of the 2020 Co-operative and Experiential Education (CEE) Employer Impact Award for Impact in Sustainability. The organization has also been named an honorable mention in the Impact in International Excellence Award category. At WISE, Waterloo students either work with the organization or with its international partners in…